I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we tr

I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

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If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all. – Bertrand Russell

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There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite. – Charles Baudelaire

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I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. – Edgar Quinet

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The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed. – Joseph Brodsky

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